Introduction: Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is a pathological condition characterized by excessive levels of plasma homocysteine (Hcy). Patients with HHcy are reported to be at risk for arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death...

15 households in the Louisville Metro area were sampled, 7 had a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF), and 8 did not. Houses were sampled between 3 and 8 times each, and samples were collected from 123 different sites within and around the homes....

Since 2001, the Federal government has invested approximately $10 billion to expand broadband infrastructure throughout the nation, including various loan programs and grants authorized through Farm Bills and, more recently, the American Recovery...

Maury-Cole Company's narrow four-story building features stone on the facade. The Maury-Cole Company, located at 801 Main Street, dealt in coffee roasters. Two cars, a police car, and a fire truck are in front as well as a couple of pedestrians. An...

Ten men, including one on a motorcycle with sidecar, pose in front of The Murphy Elevator Company Inc. storefront, which bears stenciled signs reading "Warner Elevator Sales & Service," "The Murphy Elevator Co. Incorporated...

Southwestern Outfall construction by a greenhouse. A large trench has been dug with men and equipment on site. A man stands in front of the florist shop with an NRA (National Recovery Administration) sign in the window.

Humans have the uncanny ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D), otherwise known as depth perception. The amazing thing about this ability to determine distances is that it depends only on a simple two-dimensional (2D) image in the...

Various vision tasks are usually confronted by appearance variations due to changes of illumination. For instance, in a recognition system, it has been shown that the variability in human face appearance is owed to changes to lighting conditions...

Data centers (DC) are the core of the national cyber infrastructure. With the incredible growth of critical data volumes in financial institutions, government organizations, and global companies, data centers are becoming larger and more...

Low-income and vulnerable populations that suffer most in natural disasters are females, children, elderly, disabled, and ethnic minorities This dissertation explores the association between natural disaster and poverty conditions among socially...

Introduction: Approximately 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) are reported each year in the US. Currently, the most widely used method of assessing the recovery of voluntary capability after spinal cord injury is the American Spinal...

Human adult olfactory epithelium contains neural progenitors (hONPs) which replace damaged cellular components throughout life. Methods to isolate and expand the hONPs have been developed in our laboratory. In response to morphogens, the hONPs...

Cars parked askew after the flood water has subsided. Third street was flooded to the extent that cars were floating away from their parking places along the curb. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "On 3rd street the most...

A red sport utility vehicle (SUV) is tied to a tree with a length of green garden hose. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "On 3rd street the most impressive part was the cars that had their trunks float and forced their back...

Dirt marks the waterline of the flood halfway up the body of a white pickup truck. According to the blogger who contributed the photos, waterlines like this were visible on many of the vehicles lining the road. Photograph was taken in the evening.

A south-facing view down Brook Street in front of the Houchens Building on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus after the flood water has subsided. Mud covers the street. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "It was the...

Water being pumped out of the basement of the University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development (renamed the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building in September 2010) pours out of a blue hose that lays on the ramp leading to...